Gold chains worth Rs 2.54 lakh snatched

PUNE: Four gold chains worth Rs 2.54 lakh were snatched in separate incidents in the city between Thursday and Saturday.

Two youths riding on a motorcycle snatched the gold chain, worth Rs 50,000, of Shubhada Prabhakar Chaudhary (70), a resident of Indira Shankarnagari in Bhusari colony. The incident took place around 10 am on Saturday when Chaudhary was walking towards her home after shopping in the area.

Earlier on Friday, Sharada Krishnamurthy (76), a resident of New Ajanta Avenue on Paud Road, lost her gold chain worth Rs 64,000. Krishnamurthy was out for a walk near her society when two men on a motorcycle came from behind and snatched her chain. The incident took place around 7.30 pm. Sub-inspector S P Solunkhe of the Kothrud police station is investigating both the cases.

Sharada Popat Sambare (44), a resident of Kumar Prangan society in Karvenagar, was the second victim of chain-snatching on Friday. Sambare was walking on road number 2 of Alankar society around 7.45 pm when an unidentified person riding a motorcycle approached her on the pretext of asking an address. Even as Sambare was giving him directions, the man snatched her gold chain, worth Rs 30,000, and fled. The Kothrud police station is investigating the case.

In another case, Savita Sanjay Girme (39), a resident of Goodwill Shivam building in Dhanori, fell prey to chain snatchers near Bopkhel on the Pune-Alandi Road around 7.30 pm on Thursday. Girme was going with her husband on a motorcycle when two unidentified men riding a motorcycle snatched her gold chain and a necklace worth Rs 1.10 lakh and fled. The Vishrantwadi police station is investigating the case.

Meanwhile, a college student was robbed by two people around 9.40 pm on Thursday. Aniket Umesh Shinde (19) was riding a motorcycle near Indu Heights on Pune-Alandi Road when two people on a motorcycle overtook him and intercepted his vehicle. When Aniket stopped, the suspects started beating him and snatched cash and a cellphone worth Rs 12,000 from him. A case in this regard has been registered with the Vishrantwadi police station.